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Union Education Ministry launched the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar (SVP) 2021 – 2022.

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First instituted by Department of School Education & Literacy in 2016-17
Objective - create self-motivation and awareness on sanitation.
Help in recognising, inspiring and awarding the schools, that have undertaken exemplary work pertaining to water, sanitation and hygiene and provide a benchmark and roadmap for schools for make further improvements in future
The schools will be assessed by an online portal & mobile app across 6 sub-categories-
- Water
- Hand Washing with soap
- Sanitation
- Operation & Maintenance
- Capacity Building and Behaviour Change
- COVID-19 Preparedness and Response.

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Ministry of Education recently launched the National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) 3.0.

ABOUT THE SCHEME

Implementing agency -AICTE
Why -
Use Artificial Intelligence to make learning more personalized and customized as per the requirements of the learner.
Recognize the development of technologies in Adaptive Learning and bring them under a common platform so that learners can access it easily.
Proposes to create a National Alliance with such technology developing EdTech Companies through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model.
Other details
Ministry would act as a facilitator to ensure that the Adaptive Learning Solutions are freely available to a large number of economically backward students.
National NEAT platform will provide one-stop access to Adaptive Learning Solutions.
EdTech companies would be responsible for developing solutions and manage the registration of learners through the NEAT portal.
This will take the concept of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS) platform a step ahead

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S Somanath appointed tenth chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation

ABOUT

He succeeds K Sivan
Currently Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)
He will hold post for 3 years
Completed Pre Degree from the Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam and did mechanical engineering from the TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, , and in 1985 joined the VSSC centre
Did Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore with specialisation in Dynamics and Control.
Associated with the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) Project during its initial phase.
Became the Associate Director (Projects) of the VSSC and also the Project Director of the GSLV Mk-III launch vehicle in 2010.
Deputy Director of Propulsion and Space Ordinance Entity till November 2014.
Took over as Director of the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) at Valiamala, Thiruvananthapuram, and served there until January 2018.

Union Education Ministry launched the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar (SVP) 2021 – 2022. The awards help in recognizing, inspiring and awarding the schools, that have undertaken exemplary work pertaining to water, sanitation and hygiene and provide a benchmark and roadmap for schools for make further improvements in future
Ministry of Education recently launched the National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) 3.0.
The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) under the aegis of Ministry of Corporate Affairs has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) to achieve the mandate of Investor Education, Awareness and Protection by utilizing the tele-lecturing facility of Gyan Darshan Channel.
NIRAMAI Health AnalytixPvt. Ltd. and InnAccel Technologies Pvt. Ltd., two start-ups supported by DBT-BIRAC), have received the World Bank Group and the Consumer Technology Association's Global Women's Health Tech Awards, which recognises innovative startups that leverage tech to improve women's health and safety in emerging markets.
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has signed a Joint Development Agreement with Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform to continue to develop the Kenya Transmission Project on a public-private partnership basis.